Bumper



H. S. JANDUS Inval/ more particularly to combined bumpers Patente-d dan; v5, 1926.

UNrrE-D STATES PATENT lHERBERT S. JANDUS, 0F DETROIT,

BUMPER COMPANY, 0F DETROIT,

MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO BUMPER.

Application ledvMarch 31', 1924. Serial No. 703,026.

To (llt 'uio/n. ii 11i-fly concern.'

Be it known that I, Hnniiiiirr S. JANnUs, a citizen of the United States, residingr at Detroit. in the county ol- VVayne and Slate of Michigfin, have invented a certain new and usefiii Improvement in Bumpers` of which the followingr is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

'.lhis invention relates to bumpers, and and fender guards, adapted to be applied to the rear ends of automobiles and similar vehicles.

' The invention disclosed herein is embodied in a bumper' and fender guard wherein a space or pocket is provided, between the body of the bumper und athe fender-guard portions thereof, for the reception of a spare tire, an instance of a bumper of this type being shown in Patent No. 1,476,605, issued December 4, 1923, to Christian Grirl and Wayne E. Duston.

It is the general purpose and object of y the invention to provide a combined bumper and tender guard of then foregoing type which shall be simple in construction and inexpensive of production, and one wherein the inner ends of the fender-guard portions of the bumper will be resiliently supported, thereby increasing the efficiency of such portions.

I accomplished the foregoingJ objects in and through the construction shown in the drawings forming. part hereof wherein Fig. 1 represents a plan view ot' a bumper einbodying my invention; Fig. 2 an 'elevation of said bumper; and Fig. 3 a sectional detail corresponding toline 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Describing the various parts by reference characters, 1 denotes a bar of resilient spring steel, said bar being of sullicient length to extend entirely across the rear of an automobile and across the fenders thereof, the ends of the said bar being,lr bent slightly forwardly, as indicated at l, and being eat-h provided with an eye 2..

Cooperating with the end portions of the bar 1 are u per and lower springlate bars 3. Each oi) these bars is provide with an eye 4 at its outer end, the eyes of the bars 3 at each end of the structure'registering with the corresponding eye 2 and being secured thereto by means of a bolt 5. The

bars 3 are curved rearwardly and inwardly 1 in. front thereof.

` 8. preferably riveted at one end to having their inner end portionsI siibstantially parallel with the portions of the bar The inner ends ot the bars 3 are connected by a plate (i, preferably by portion of' each plate G 1s connected to the 5 1 J- i poi tion ol the bai 1 opposite thereto oy means oi a resilient U-shaped bai" or' strap the plate (i, :is indicated at 9, and having its other means of bolts i'.v rlhe intermediate f-- end secured lo the bar 1, preferably by I means ot' an inverted U-shaped clamp 10, thel lower ends whereof are connected by a bolt 1l. Each connecting bar or strap is preferably arranged with the loo thereo projected outwardly, or toward t e bolt 5 adjacent thereto.

The construction disclosed herein is relatively cheap ot production owing to `the fact that each of the plates' 3 is provided with an eye at one end only thereof. By using,r the U-shaped bar or strap 8 to connect the inner ends of the bars 3 to the bar 1, a blow received by the bars 3 will be cushioned by such strap and transmitted to the bar l, increasing the etliciency of the said bars in protectingthe fenders with which they cooperate. the loop of cach bar 8 `will be elongated outwardly, increasing the bearing of such bar bar uponthe bar 1 and thereby increasing the elliciency of the assembly in absorbingr blows received by the tenderguard portions of the bumper.

By varying the space between the arms of the loops 8, the bars 3 :may be spaced at different distances from the bar l, thereby to provide between the fender-guard portions ot the bum er a tire-receiving pocket of varying dept --suliicient to accei'nrnodate one or more tires, as desired.`

Havin thus described my invention, what I c aimisz- 1. A bumper comprising a bar adapted. to extend across the rear of a vehicle, an u per and a lower bar each secured at an en to, and respectively above and below, end of the first-mentioned bar,lthe said upper 'and lower bars projecting inwardly and rearwardly from such ends of the and a resilient connection between 'the inner ends ot each pair'of second and third and the portion, of the first bar adjacent thereto. 2. A bumper comprising a oar adapted 'to bar,

Under compression,

extend across the rear of a vehicle, an upper l and a lower bar each secured at an end to, and res Jectively above and below, each end of the iirst mentioned bar, the said upper and lower bars projecting inwardly and rearwardly from such ends of the first bar, and a -U-shaped resilient bar connected to the first-mentioned bar and to the inner ends of each pair of second and third bars.

8. A bumper comprising a bar adapted to extend across the rear of a vehicle and having secured to each end thereof, and respectively above and below the same, a pair of hars, each paix ot bars extending inwardly and rearwardly from an end of the irs'tmentioned har and having their inner ends spaced l rom the first-mentioned bar to provide therewith a space or pocket for the reception ot one or more tires, and means resiliently spacing the inner ends of the last-mentioned liars from the corresponding portions of the tirstuncntioned liar.

4. A bumper comprising a bar adapted to extend across the rear of a relicile and having secured to each. end thereof, and respectively above and below the same, a pair of bars, each pair of bars extending inwardly and riarwardly from an end of the firstmentioned bar and having their inner ends spaced from the first-mentioned bar 'to pro vide therewith a space or pocket for the reception of one or more tires, and a al-shaped resilient plate interposed between and connecting the ends of each pair of the lastmentioned bars to the portion of the firstmentioned bar adjacent thereto, l'

5. A bumper comprising a bar adapted to extend across the rear of a vehicle and having secured to each end thereof, and respectively above and below the same, a pair of bars, each pair ot hars extending inwardly and rearwardly from an end of the first-mentioned bar and having their inner ends spaced from the first-mentioned bar to provide therewith a space or pocket for the reception of one or more tires, a plate connecting the inner ends of each pair of upper and lower` hars, and a resilient Eil-shaped bar or plate connected at one end to the central portion of each such connecting plate and detachably connected at its opposite Iend to the first-mentioned bar.

6. A bumper comprising a bar adapted to extend across the rear of a vehicle7 a pair of bars each connected at one end to an end of the first-mentioned bar and extending ina wardly and rearwardly therefrom, and means for resiliently connecting the inner end of each of the said pair of bars to the first-mentioned bar.

7. A bumper comprising a bar adapted to extend across a fender, a pair of bars each connected at one end to an end of the first-mentioned bar and extending inwardly and rearwardly therefrom, and a resilient U-shaped plate connecting the inner end of cach of the said pair of barsto the rstmentioned bar. Y

8. A fender guard comprising a front bar, a rear oar connected at its outer end to the front bar and extending inwardly and rearwardly from such point of connection, and a resilient Ushaped plate connecting the inner end ot' the second bar to the portion of the first bar adjacent thereto.

9. A fender guard comprisin a front bar adapted to extend across a fen er, an upper and a lower bar secured at their outer ends to the outer end of the tiret-mentioned bar and extending inwardly and rearwardly therefrom, and means resiliently supporting the inner ends of the last two bars from the iirst-mentioned bar.

l0. A 'fender guard comprisin a front bar adapted to extend across a fender, an upper and a lower bansecnred. at their outer ends to the outer end of 'the irst-n1entioned bar and extending inwardly and rearwardly therefrom, and a resilient U-shaped member connecting the inner ends of the secondmentioned bars to the adjacent portion of the 61st-mentioned bar.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto atix my signature.

vHERBERT S. JANDUS. 

